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 Les Misérables

Victor Hugo wrote Les Misérables in 1862, and it immediately became a best-seller. The French word “misérables” can mean either “wretches” or “villains,” and the novel is filled with both. The plot concerns the pursuit by Inspector Javert of the ex-convict Jean Valjean against a backdrop of revolution in nineteenth-century France.

Call Numbers for Browsing the Shelves

• PQ2286
• PQ2301

Circulating Books – A Selected List

• Bloom, Harold (Ed.). Victor Hugo. 1988.

                      Call Number: PQ2301.V498 1988

• Hugo, Victor. Les Misérables. 1987.

                       Call Number: PQ2286.A35 1987

• Porter, Laurence M. Victor Hugo. 1999.

                      Call Number: PQ2301.P67 1999

•  Vargas Llosa, Mario. The Temptation of the Impossible. 2007.

                      Call Number: PQ2286 .V3713 2007

LINCCWeb online catalog – Search Terms

• Hugo, Victor (Subject)

Reference Materials

• Critical Survey of Long Fiction – Call Number: REF PN3321.C75 2000

o        Vol. 4, pg. 1602

• Epics for Students – Call Number: REF PN56.E65 E67

o        Vol. 2, pg 235-73

• Literature and Its Times – Call Number: REF PN5 .L574 1997

o   Vol. 2, pg. 223-29

• Masterplots (Revised Second Edition) – Call Number: REF PN44.M33 1996

o        Vol. 7, pg. 4178-82

• Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism – Call Number: REF PN761.N5

o        Vol. 3, pg. 243-50, 252-3, 255, 259, 263-5, 267, 270, 272, 274

o        Vol. 10, pg. 354-83

o        Vol. 21, pg. 195

• Novels for Students – Call Number: REF PN44 .N937

o        Vol. 5, pg. 231-53

Research Databases

To access Valencia’s research databases, open your Atlas account, select ‘Search the Library’, then select ‘Databases A-Z’.

• Academic Search Complete
• JSTOR
• Literature Resources from Gale

This Research Guide is designed to help users find information on a particular topic within the Valencia College East Campus Library.  This is by no means a comprehensive list of resources and other resources may be available on this topic.  Please check LINCCWeb, Valencia East’s online catalog, to verify the availability of circulating books within the library.  Feel free to ask a librarian for help if you need further assistance.